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| author |   Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv> | 2011-04-20 22:50:22 +0000 |
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| committer | Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv> | 2011-04-20 22:50:22 +0000 |
| commit | a8bf4b0fd555d5f2c02407d5e3f97a00d18c6296 (patch) | |
| tree | 10bc45178bfd92a8edd88d65cb29e223635bcdf0 /mandoc_char.7 | |
| parent | 33c39adb2b4cab7469a2d975f4437c5ea1906a51 (diff) | |
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Add \*(Ai (ANSI) and \*(Px (POSIX) predefined strings, which are part of
groff's tmac.doc package. Originally noted by Matthew Dempsky.
Feedback by Jason McIntyre, joerg@, and schwarze@. Also add some
documentation about predefined strings, tweaked by schwarze@.
Diffstat (limited to 'mandoc_char.7')
| -rw-r--r-- | mandoc_char.7 | 15 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/mandoc_char.7 b/mandoc_char.7 index ec478e09..20b9f947 100644 --- a/mandoc_char.7 +++ b/mandoc_char.7 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $Id: mandoc_char.7,v 1.42 2011/02/09 22:53:20 schwarze Exp $ +.\" $Id: mandoc_char.7,v 1.43 2011/04/20 22:50:22 kristaps Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2009 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv> .\" @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: February 9 2011 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: April 20 2011 $ .Dt MANDOC_CHAR 7 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -481,8 +481,13 @@ Greek letters: .It \e(ts Ta \(ts Ta sigma terminal .El .Sh PREDEFINED STRINGS -These are not recommended for use, as they differ across -implementations: +Predefined strings are inherited from the macro packages of historical +troff implementations. +They are +.Em not recommended +for use, as they differ across implementations. +Manuals using these predefined strings are almost certainly not +portable. .Pp .Bl -column -compact -offset indent "Input" "Rendered" "Description" .It Em Input Ta Em Rendered Ta Em Description @@ -512,6 +517,8 @@ implementations: .It \e*(>= Ta \*(>= Ta greater-than-equal .It \e*(aa Ta \*(aa Ta acute .It \e*(ga Ta \*(ga Ta grave +.It \e*(Px Ta \*(Px Ta POSIX standard name +.It \e*(Ai Ta \*(Ai Ta ANSI standard name .El .Sh NUMBERED CHARACTERS For backward compatibility with existing manuals, |